You Can Now Use GameCube Controllers With Your Nintendo Switch

Another neat little nugget hidden in Nintendo Switch 4.0.0. You can now use GameCube controllers with your Nintendo Switch. You’ll need the Wii U GameCube Adaptor which plugs in by USB.

You can then use your GameCube controller for games such as Fire Emblem Warriors. Just open up your controller pairing settings once the adaptor is plugged in and press L+R (the usual syncing combination) and off you go.

The only issues of far is the fact that the GameCube Controller doesn’t have a left Z button. There’s only one Z button on the right and it only has a start button so you can’t go back to the main menu. Still, pretty cool nonetheless.

Founder and Managing Editor of PressStart. My first console was the NES and I grew a major love for gaming in the PS1 days, playing games such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ape Escape and Medievil.